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Ideas for In-School Follow-Up Programs
What We Learn
10% of what we read 20% of what we hear 30% of what we see 50% of what we both see and hear 70% of what we discuss with others 80% of what we experience personally 95% of what we teach someone else Fighting prejudice in its many forms requires continued interaction with your students. Optimally, your programs will extend over the entire school year, but many schools opt to limit ISF programs to one or two specific activities. Involvement will depend on how excited students become about the projects they will run. A portfolio of ideas for projects, resources, and funding for the ISF Program will be distributed at the Summit. You may also utilize your ISF school partner in brainstorming ideas and seeking resources. If unable to reach your Partner, please contact the Executive Director at 678-547-0084 or e-mail request to info@antiprejudice.org. On-going School Year Activities n Form a Power Over Prejudice POP Club devoted to sharing students' experiences related to prejudice and diversity, to learning more about each other's cultural, religious, racial or ethnic heritage, and to extending the discussion and learning about issues of diversity to the entire school. n Create a peer mediation committee at your school to help students learn how to resolve conflicts positively amongst themselves. n Ask the administration to create a no tolerance zone for bullying and name calling in your school. n Stamp Out Bullying! Set up a DROP BOX in the guidance suite in which students can confidentially report incidents of bullying. n Read lessons regarding the negative influences of prejudice and intolerance during morning announcements. n Create posters to put around the school regarding diversity. n Create announcements, skits, etc. to be played over a closed circuit TV system at your school throughout the school year. Special Events
n Performance of a play presented during a school assembly. n Hold a festival celebrating the diversity in your school. You could use food, dress, books and a host of other resources to showcase this diversity. n Host a multicultural week showcasing the diversity in your school. n Create a Self-Expression Day, honoring individual diversity. n Bring in speakers to talk to the students about other cultures, what it is like to be physically or mentally challenged, about personal experiences they have had with prejudice or other topics that will help to heighten your school’s prejudice awareness. n Have a mini-Power Over Prejudice Summit at your school. n Hold a “show-and-tell” regarding different cultures. n View and discuss movies that deal with people's experiences related to prejudice. n Have a “No Name-Calling” Week. See: www.nonamecalling.org for more information. Contests
n Hold a contest in which students write about experiences they have had with prejudice. Award prizes for the best essays and have them read for the school. n Hold door-decorating contests using diversity as the theme. n Collaborate with other schools near you or via the Internet to create ideas on how to combat prejudice and intolerance. n Create a video that can be shown in classes throughout the school. n Hold a day/week where students are encouraged and assisted with looking outside their own group of friends to learn about others. n Have students research other cultures as part of a classroom assignment. n Create displays of different cultures, body types, physical challenges, etc. throughout the school to emphasize that diversity means inclusion. n Create a diversity quilt with each homeroom contributing a square addressing issues of tolerance and respect for one’s self and others. n Create a diversity garden displaying how different types of plants can cohabit peacefully and flourish. n Create posters highlighting the many languages spoken at your school. n Create a multicultural museum to be housed in the school. |
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